February 7, 2006

More resources on open source and education

Given that this blog was created for a specific project that ended long ago, I never cease to be amazed at how much traffic it generates! I suspect it has something to do with the collection of references to materials related to open source and education that are listed. Therefore, I've decided to try to keep the blog alive, at least for now. This is a topic that I'm still interested in and I still collect materials on. Also, input from others would be very welcome, so feel free to leave comments, links to other sources, etc.. Especially links to new things people are working on...

Here are links to some stuff I've collected recently (some of is a bit dated that I've had lying around for some time):

October 23, 2005

Is this blog dead? Nope, a new paper!

Well, not entirely. It was intended as a tool for a specific project which is over, but I think there's some relevant stuff going on so I may try to keep it alive. To begin with, I have just completed a paper that is related to the overall issue and included it here for everyone's reading pleasure: Information and communication technologies in development education: Preparing educators with open source software and constructivist learning approaches.
Tryggvi Thayer

June 4, 2005

The final paper...

Abstract:
This paper explores the nature of open source software development communities. It is suggested that these constitute environments for knowledge development and examines recent proposals that methods employed by open source communities are transferable to a wide range of collaborative activities, including education, which is the primary focus of this paper. The methodologies used are a review of recent literature and a case study of an open source software developer. The analysis of the evidence gathered uses a framework for developing collaborative groups developed by Garmston & Wellman. The results reveal that open source collaborations display all of the characteristics of the framework used, but that there are significant additional factors that need to be considered. In conclusion recommendations are made for future research to better understand the complex and diverse open source movement.